i learned the rudiments of poetry in school but the exposure amongst gifted poets in twitter is priceless. let me share some of what I’ve crafted and let us start with the haiku form of poetry.
Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
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| i love autumn's hues ~ of cerise, chartreuse and puce ~ they ruse and seduce |
The next haiku was featured in an on-line link #Politiku after the leader of Egypt was ousted in February 2011
Are we witnessing
History or is it mere
Anthropology ?
subsequent haikus were selected from my collection of twitter posts from 2009 do read between the tweets for the enigmatic romance angle.
daily virtual chat
full of shibboleth and love
endearing night cap
in the shadows of
moonlight on bicycles we
pulled over and we kissed
as dense sylvan jungle
your innermost thoughts conceal
mystery within
my affection is
hidden in the most tranquil
nidal of my being
confronting my ghost
buried in guilt-bitter tears
untenable then
I succumb to the
penumbra of loneliness
life's aches catharsis
as you rid me of
unwarranted foofaraw
i am cold and raw
sunset & sea breeze
evocative of our
lovely escapade
beware an accolade
may be a double edged blade
if insincerely said
there is never a
plethora of kindness
always welcome, a bliss
i try to catch, dawn's
lovely incipient sunrise
languidly, we arise
your furtive desire
the fired attempts to inspire
aspire till you expire
bucolic scent from
petrichor, cleanses my soul
and makes me whole
diaphanous pain
painted all over his frame
lonely, stooped, lame
ephemeral beau
warm kisses and caresses
swiftly fades as you
allow me to laze
in a torpor of daze
by your loving gaze
as dark to night creep
my somnolence become deep
succumb to sleep
the world is my oyster
desire is to gallivant
that is all i want
gallivant with me
in dreams, hazy memory
let's meet up someday
your skin glistens
chatoyant in moonlight
you are my starlight
tears stream down your cheeks
chatoyant pearls that peek
true love you seek
am lost in your gaze
your eyes, chatoyant black maze
am happy, yet in daze
you left me, i grieve
in pain, heart cleaved, immense rive
yet, i will forgive
love your quiddity
you are witty and perky
life with you not gloomy
don't you want to flee
urban kerfuffle, melee
and cavort at sea ?
we parted, i am
not lugubrious, didn't mope
there's hope, i can cope
i am dearth in wealth
but compassion affluent
sentient opulent
he's scintillating
his mind is titillating
but am suffocating
you are my Matisse
i'm your reclining odalisque
shared love is a bliss
yesternight, memory
of yesterlove, haunts me still
yesterme, yesteryou
kids as they are raised
never be parsimonious
in patience & praise
in life's daily rat race
i hunger for some languor
hugs, pats, & humor
i wear just perfume
i wear just perfume
slip in between sheets now
ready to sleep
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